Baker & Hostetler Severs Lobbying Ties with Chinese Telecom Company

Oxley, of counsel to
Baker & Hostetler in Washington, said the firm's lobbying relationship with
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. subsidiary Huawei Tech. Investment Co. Ltd. ended on
November 20, 2012, according to a lobbying termination report filed this week.
But after Oxley registered with Congress on August 30, 2012, to advocate for
Huawei on "[t]echnology; telecommunications networks and products;
cybersecurity," he didn't report any lobbying activity or payments from
the company in excess of $5,000, congressional records show.

Neither Oxley nor a
Huawei representative was immediately available to comment.

The House Intelligence
Committee in October 2012 released a report blasting Huawei and ZTE Corp.,
another Chinese telecommunications business, saying the companies' efforts to
provide technology for wireless systems in the United States "could
undermine core U.S. national-security interests." The report added that
Huawei and ZTE "cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state
influence."

ZTE and Huawei refuted
the claims. Huawei said in a written statement that the report "employs
many rumors and speculations to prove non-existent accusations." Said
Huawei: "Currently, the integrity of Huawei's operations and the quality
and security of our products are world-proven across 140 countries around the
world."

The company spent $1.2
million on federal lobbying in 2012, according to congressional records. For
its advocacy efforts, Huawei used its own staffers, lobbyist Doyce Boesch and
government affairs professionals from APCO Worldwide, Canyon Snow Consulting,
Strategic Federal Affairs, Strategic Public Affairs and The Walter Group.
Fleishman-Hillard also was registered to advocate for Huawei, but it didn't
reporting any lobbying activity.